Oct 19, 1991
101 min
Full-HD

A Scene at the Sea (1991)

A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend, he persists against all odds.

Category

Drama Romance Comedy

Country

Japan

Companies

Totsu Office Kitano TOHO

Claude Maki

Shigeru

Hiroko Oshima

Takako

Sabu Kawahara

Takoh

Toshizo Fujiwara

Nakajima

Susumu Terajima

Light Truck Man

Katsuya Koiso

Soccer Boy

Toshio Matsui

Soccer Boy's Friend

Yasukazu Ishitani

Fellow Surfer

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